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indeed...was awful to see this happen on such a beautiful day.drivers tend to take to speeds exceeding 30mph and are often unaware of the pedestrian lights situated midway at slip road.as a cyclist i use the pedestrian to cross this daily and never the underpass.indeed...the driver needs to be punished accordingly...he gambled and lossed.my thoughts go out to the cyclist's family&friends.

Clear indication of excess speed as the major impact is with the car roof. The bike is probably immaterial to the collision as a pedestrian would have suffered exactly the same fate. Relatively high speed impacts cause the victim to be lifted over the car rather than running them down. Deepest sympathies to the victim's family.

This was an awful accident. My deepest sympathies go to the victim's family.

I used to cycle through here myself on my commute and know it's an awful place to cross, whether on a bike or walking.

I went through here today with my family on the way to the SkyRide and met a couple of ladies from the nearby Redbricks. They'd been selflessly and bravely cleaning up the road after the accident, whilst getting abuse from passing cars!

The ladies were talking about the improvements being made for cyclists for the route through the Redbricks, which is great. Though there really needs to be improvements made to the Mancunian Way crossings.

Tragic news. sympathy to all who new her. We shouldn't judge or assume what happened. Let the police do the investigating and then either release the driver uncharged or refer him to the CPS for prosecution.

I'm not making excuses for the driver, but this is a nasty piece of road.

The Princess Road/Mancunian Way roundabout is a large one with traffic moving far too fast (considering the immediate environment), and at the location of the crossing drivers are often thinking about having to cross lanes to the right up ahead (onto a motorway!) while other cars will be changing in the opposite direction, off the motorway.

It's ludicrous to have a pedestrian crossing over such a fast busy road, and pretty stupid to have such this kind of road so close to a dense residential area.

Steve's suggestions (above) are good ones. If the turnings on the roundabout were sharper it might slow the traffic down. But grade separation seems far more sensible where motorway traffic is involved, so it's a shame the underpass is so grim.